2012 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Establisheda Gardner-Webb school record with a personal best performance inthe 400 m dash at the Winthrop Invitational … Raced to atime of 55.64 in the event … Won the Big South 400 meterstitle, placing first with a finals time of 55.81 to outpace thefield … Also finaled in the 800 m run at the 2012 Big SouthOutdoor Championship meet, taking eighth place … Ran apersonal best 2:12.78 in the 800 m run at the Winthrop Twilight tofinish in second place … Competed at the prestigious FloridaRelays, placing 23rd in the 800 meters with a time of 2:13.26… Established a personal best in the 200 m dash at theCoastal Carolina Invitational, taking twelfth place behind a 25.59clocking … Finished second at Coastal Carolina in the 400 mdash (56.33) … Took fourth at the Weem Baskin Invitationalin the 800 m run (2:13.02) … Member of the 2011-12 Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.
2011-12 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Earned All-Conferencehonors with a third place finish in the 800 m Run at 2011-12 BigSouth Conference Indoor Championships, clocking a personal besttime of 2:14.28 in the event ... Achieved a season best time in the400 m Dash at the Niswonger Invitational, finishing second in theevent with a time of 57.30 ... Took third in the 800 m Run at theTiger Paw Invitational after turning in a time of 2:16.94 ...Finished fifth in the 800 m Run (2:20.93) at the Dick TaylorInvitational ... Anchored the sixth place 4 x 400 m Relay (3:58.46)team at Big South Championships ... Also anchored GWU's 4 x 400 mRelay teams that finished 6th (4:04.13) and 9th (4:02.01) at theNiswonger and Tiger Paw Invitationals respectively.
2011 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Crossed the finish linein fourth-place overall in the 800 meter run with a personal besttime of 2:15.31 at the 2011 Big South Outdoor Track & FieldChampionships ... Final leg of the 4x400 meter relay team thatplaced fifth overall with their time of 3:55.03 at the conferencechampionship meet ... A member of the 4x400 meter relay team thatfinished in third-place overall at the Carolina's Cup with a timeof 3:59.28 ... Also recorded a fifth-place finish in the 400 meterdash with a time of 57.45 at the Carolina's Cup ... Finished fifthin the 800 meter run at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational with a timeof 2:24.33 ... Placed eighth overall in the 800 meter run with hertime of 2:15.66 at the Clemson Tiger Final Qualifier ... Alsoposted an 11th-place finish in the 400 meter dash with a personalbest time of 56.55 at the Clemson Tiger Final Qualifier ... Crossedthe finish line in 14th-place with a time of 2:18.83 in the 800meter run at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... Turned in times of59.83 in the 400 meter dash and 2:19.80 in the 800 meter run at the49er Classic.
2010-11 Indoor atGardner-Webb: Recorded a personal best time inthe 800 meter run at the 2010-11 Big South Conference IndoorChampionships (2:15.97), good enough for fourth-place overall ...Teamed up with T'Keyah Bell, Cherish Richardson, and Amara Isbellto gain all-conference honors with a second-place finish in the4x400 meter relay at the Big South Championships (3:56.02) ... Wonthe 500 meter dash at the Liberty Open in a personal record time of1:18.68 ... Was a part of the 4x400 meter relay which finishedthird at the Liberty Open (4:02.54) ... Cracked the top-10 in the800 meter run at the Niswonger Invitational, finishing in10th-place with a time of 2:23.41 ... Earned an 11th-place finishin the 4x400 meter relay at the Appalachian Opener(4:20.68).
2010 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Crossed thefinish line in seventh-place overall in the 800 meter run with apersonal best time of 2:18.24 at the 2010 Big South Championships... One leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished seventh atthe 2010 Big South Championships with a time of 4:02.73 ... Won the800 meter run with her first-place time of 2:18.55 at the InauguralCarolinas Cup in Rock Hill, S.C. ... Part of the 4x400 meter relayteam that finished third with a time of 4:06.49 at the AsicsWinthrop Invitational ... Took fourth-place at the Asics WinthropInvitational with a time of 2:20.45 in the 800 meter run ... Alsofinished in fourth-place overall in the 800 meter run at the Orange& Purple Classic with a time of 2:20.83 ... Crossed the finishline in fifth-place overall in the 400 meter run with a personalbest time of 57.17 at the 2010 Aggie Relays ... A member of the4x400 meter relay unit that placed eighth overall at the 2010 AggieRelays with a time of 4:01.34 ... Took ninth-place in the 400 meterrun (57.82) and in the 800 meter run (2:19.34) at the Charlotte49er Classic ... One leg of the 4x400 meter relay unit thatfinished 15th overall at the Charlotte 49er Classic with a time of4:11.96 ... Also turned in a time of 58.09 in the 400 meter run atthe Jesse Owens Classic.
2009-10 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Finishedin sixth-place overall in the 800 meter run at the 2010 Big SouthIndoor Championships with a time of 2:20.75 ... Turned in apersonal best time of 2:19.35 in the 800 meter run preliminaries atthe conference indoor championship meet ... One leg of the 4x400meter relay team that finished sixth with a time of 4:02.57 at the2010 Big South Indoor Championships ... Took second-place in boththe 400 meter run (57.63) and in the 600 meter run (1:42.92) at theAppalachian Mountaineer Open ... Also crossed the finish line inseventh-place in the 200 meter dash at the Appalachian MountaineerOpen with a time of 28.71 ... Placed third overall in the 800 meterrun with a time of 2:21.20 at the Niswonger Invitational ...Finished sixth at the Appalachian Open with a time of 2:30.42 inthe 800 meter run ... Was also a member of the 4x400 meter relayteam that finished in seventh-place at the Appalachian Open with atime of 4:20.78 ... Placed eighth overall in the 1-mile run with atime of 5:52.81 at the Appalachian Invitational ... Also a memberof the distance medley relay team that finished in eighth-placewith a time of 12:53.47 at the Niswonger Invitational ... Crossedthe finish line in 12th-place overall with a time of 2:21.86 at theTiger Paw Invitational ... A member of the 4x400 meter relay teamthat finished 12th overall with a time of 4:09.52 at the Tiger PawInvitational.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinnerat Evans High School ... Was the 400 county and region champion asa senior ... Was the county champion in the 400 as a junior and asophomore ... Took second place in 400 at the county championshipsas a freshman ... Was the 800 region champion as a senior ...Finished in third-place in the 800 at the state championships as asenior and junior ... Finished second in the 800 at the regionalsher junior season and third in the 800 at the county championshipsas a sophomore ... Took sixth in the 400 and seventh in the 800 atthe Taco Bell Classic ... Helped her cross country team finishfirst at the county meet and second at the regionals ... Was namedthe Rookie of the Year ... Set a personal best time of .57 in the400 meter run as a senior ... Has a personal best time of 2:19 inthe 800 meter run.
Personal: Ivana Cherie Hughes wasborn in Martinez, Georgia on July 16, 1991 ... Daughter of Jesseand Joanne Hughes ... Has six siblings ... Majoring in PoliticalScience.
